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The Calculation of the Currency of Hedonism.

By Tom Koltai

This is the third article in this series entitled: The Economics of Video Entertainment Part 1 Here Part 2 Here   For the last couple of days I’ve been leading up to talking about the individual value proposition as to why people purchase, watch, read or listen to certain types of content.   Hedonic pricing [...]

RIAA – the Results are in – WiFi P2P Kiosks Win Internet War

By Tom Koltai

Every time Governments legislate against or big business prosecutes against file sharing, internet users find a new way to circumvent and continue their activities.   As there are more Internet Geeks than enforcement officials, this is hardly surprising.   Sometime ago I predicted to Chris that if the “powers that be” continued raining down hellfire [...]

The Quagmire of Copyright.

By Tom Koltai

Sometimes I come across something that is too good not to share…. even if it is breaching copyright….. #11 posted by webmonkees, July 22, 2009 5:22 AM Dear Sirs at Speed Camera Cash Cow Inc: On May 20th, 2009, I produced a exclusive series of artistically inspired portraits of my vehicle. I have initiated a [...]

Superman Returns

By Chris Gilbey

Yes – I broke down and saw the movie today! And in Imax and 3D. And the thing that I feel coming away from the theater is this…. the world really does need Superman right now. And in America there is a belief that he is lurking somewhere ready to return. Problem is, real life [...]

Wireless in US Cities

By Richard McKinnon

Anaheim is about to become the largest citywide wireless internet system in the United States as Earthlink trys to drag customers into the broadband age. EarthLink will deploy Tropos Networks' MetroMesh Wi-Fi routers on light poles throughout the city. The Tropos system forms a wireless mesh, intelligently routing data to try and produce the best [...]

Broadband Users in the US

By Chris Gilbey

Here are the latest numbers from the Leichtman Group on broadband users in the US. As ADSL2 works its way through the regulatory process and into the market and speeds get faster, not only from ADSL2 but also from WiMax, subscriptions will go into warp speed and then the major changes in our consumption of [...]